CHID 496 B: Focus Groups

INDIGENOUS SURVIVANCE - LESSONS FRO OKINAWAN HISTORY AND DIASPORA ___ THIS FOCUS GROUP AIMS TO HIGHLIGHT THE POWER OF INDIGENOUS STUDIES AND INDIGENOUS WAYS OF KNOWING AND WAYS OF BEING THROUGH THE STUDY OF OKINAWAN HISTORY, CULTURE, AND DIASPORA. IN THIS GROUP WE WILL EXAMINE VARIOUS PRACTICES, HISTORIES, ISSUES, AND ACTS OF RESISTANCE (RELATED TO OKINAWA AND OKIANWAN DIASPORA) AND WILL APPLY WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED TO CURRENT ISSUES AND CONCEPTS FROM OTHER FIELDS OF STUDY (SUCH AS DISABILITY STUDIES, LAW, ETC.).